Kobayakawa Takehira

Kobayakawa Takehira (1838-1920) was the Governor of Otorishima from c. 1882 to 1889.

Biography
Kobayakawa Takehira was born in Edo, Japan in 1838, and he became a member of the Tokugawa civil service. In around 1882, Kobayakawa was sent to Wake Island to assist with its colonization, negotiating with the Micronesian chief Ieti Fuima until the Micronesians agreed to accept Japanese protection as their colony of Otorishima. He served as Otorishima's only governor, and, in 1889, he was recalled to Japan after Japan agreed to cede the island to the United States. He died in Tokyo in 1920.